command for checking system resource usage?
 

whats the command to check running programs and memory, cpu usage?

top is one of them...
man top for more options

what version and distro are you running

question??
 

Sorry for intruding on your post
I have a program that runs every 10 sec or so... peter_robb I seen your post on using "top".
It shows user: LP, command:footmatic-rip and gs is the culprit...
Being a newbie, How do I stop these 2 commands from running every 10 seconds
The pid increases every time it executes??